Beijing has broadened a crackdown on tech platforms, targeting more US-listed companies after ordering the removal of ride-sharing group Didi Chuxing from Chinese app stores in a move that sent tech …
Monthly Archives For July 2021
Asian stocks stumble on China tech worries
Asian stocks were mixed on Monday amid growing worries about China’s crackdown on local tech companies, paring earlier gains made after a welcome U.S. jobs report drove global shares to a record high.
Lemaire Teams With Chinese Artist Lin Yan for Beijing Installation
The installation at Dover Street Market creates interplays between Lemaire’s fall collection and the artist’s rice paper sculptures.
Are China’s banks going cool on coal power plants in Africa?
Coal developers in Africa may be forced to find alternative sources of financing or shift into solar and hydro , as Chinese lenders gradually shy away from plants powered by the fossil fuel , …
China’s ageing population are an untapped resource for brands, and AI advertising could help attract a growing group of silver-haired customers
In and among the long-limbed twenty-something models showing off this summer’s various collections, you might find a handful of grey-haired women. This is progress. As is the fact that on Douyin – the …
China’s $3 Billion Used-Goods Platform Seeks Pre-IPO Funding
Beijing Zhuanzhuan Spirit Technology Co., an online second-hand marketplace backed by Tencent Holdings Ltd., is considering raising about $400 million in a new funding round before an initial public …
Southwest China’s Ruili imposes entry, exit restrictions over new COVID-19 cases
The city of Ruili in southwest China’s Yunnan Province on Monday imposed entry and exit restrictions after the emergence of new COVID-19 cases. The city reported three new locally transmitted …
Macao reports imported COVID-19 case
China’s Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) reported one new imported COVID-19 case on Saturday, bringing the SAR’s total number of confirmed cases to 55, according to the Novel Coronavirus …
Tencent’s US$5.7 billion Shenzhen Net City costs more than Apple’s ‘spaceship’ campus. Here’s a peek at its green credentials
Tencent, the Chinese technology giant, is ditching the old playbook of cookie-cutter office blocks for its new Shenzhen headquarters, which is being developed keeping sustainability in mind.
China and the U.S. Are Talking Tough. Don’t Believe (Most of) It.
Frederic J. Brown/AFP via GettyLast week the Chinese Communist Party threw a party for itself. It celebrated 100 years since its founding. It characterized itself as the “savior” of China, the authors …
China exports propaganda
“We are very free,” says the subject of a video shot in China’s northwestern Xinjiang region. “We are very free now,” says another. “We are very, very free here,” says a third. You’ll be forgiven…
China Bans Didi Chuxing Taxi Service Over Security Breach Claim Days After US IPO
The Chinese app, Didi Chuxing had recently traded as one of the highest companies in the US’s New York Stock Exchange listing. It’s now banned on all app stores …
China says will conduct cyber security investigation on Zhipin.com, Huochebang and Yunmanman
China’s cyberspace administration said on Monday it will conduct a cybersecurity investigation into online recruiting company Zhipin.com, and truck-hailing companies Huochebang and Yunmanman.
